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Ciara wrote:I just bought a light pink with a little bit of glitter in it. It seems to make my teeth look whiter. I can't imagine not wearing some lip colour. I look too pale and washed out when I don't.

Did somebody say glitter? Do you know if I can get this in the US? Or do I need to pop over to Harajuku, which I would so love to do at some point.

Ciara wrote:I just bought a light pink with a little bit of glitter in it. It seems to make my teeth look whiter. I can't imagine not wearing some lip colour. I look too pale and washed out when I don't.

Did somebody say glitter? Do you know if I can get this in the US? Or do I need to pop over to Harajuku, which I would so love to do at some point.

I'm sure you can. I picked it up in my local supermarket so didn't have to go as far as Tokyo!

I love makeup and it hasn't stopped me. I made a video talking about this exact thing. I found that stains as well as lip paint are great for braces. If I'm not hydrated and my lips are dry lipstick can look like a big mess.

I wear chap stick (blistex, actually:) ) and a little lip liner. Rarely wear lipstick, because it makes my lips feel weird and dry (anyone have a favorite kind to recommend?). And right now I definitely don't want to draw attention to my teeth.. (but maybe I won't mind as much after I've had the braces on for awhile--after things straighten up [only been braced for 5 weeks])! I have upper ceramics, and never even thought of lipstick getting on them! Yikes--glad I read the posts here!

Ambrosia80 wrote:I wear chap stick (blistex, actually:) ) and a little lip liner. Rarely wear lipstick, because it makes my lips feel weird and dry (anyone have a favorite kind to recommend?). And right now I definitely don't want to draw attention to my teeth.. (but maybe I won't mind as much after I've had the braces on for awhile--after things straighten up [only been braced for 5 weeks])! I have upper ceramics, and never even thought of lipstick getting on them! Yikes--glad I read the posts here!

My favorite is still the Revlon Kissable Just Bitten stuff I mentioned before!!! It is great!

I use to wear red or pink a lot before braces. Now that I have braces I don't want to draw attention to my teeth so I stick to light pinks or nude lips. Sometimes I just throw on a lip balm (Baby Lips by Maybelline- To be exact). Once I get my braces off I'm sure I'll go back to my bold colors!